2020 August

Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP attorney Charles J. Meyer celebrates his silver anniversary with the firm. As a prosecutor and litigator, Mr. Meyer represents and counsels clients in various aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law. He also serves as Chairman of the Firm’s Trademark Practice Group.

Please join us in congratulating Mr. Meyer on this milestone and thanking him for 25 years of service to clients, the Indianapolis community and the Firm.

Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner LLP is pleased to announce that seven partners have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2021.

The Firm would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2021 The Best Lawyers in America© list:

• Spiro Bereveskos – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, and Patent Law
• Kenneth A. Gandy – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, and Trademark Law
• Thomas Q. Henry – Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, and Trademark Law
• Daniel J. Lueders – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, and Patent Law
• William A. McKenna – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, and Patent Law
• Charles J. Meyer – Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Charles P. Schmal – Patent Law

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch inaugural list recognizes attorneys who have been in practice for 5-9 years for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

The Firm congratulates Jeremy and Mike for their recognition in the following 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch practice areas:

• Jeremy J. Gustrowsky – Patent Law
• Michael M. Morris – Intellectual Property Law

In the ongoing work conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners may consider that their principal concern is how to make it easier and more efficient for employees to do their jobs remotely. But as businesses streamline connections and move information from office hardware to home computers, they should not forget to safeguard the trade secret information that may be moving around.

Indiana’s trade secret statute (I.C. 24-2-3) came out of the Uniform Trade Secret Act and so is quite similar to the provisions of many other states. It defines a “trade secret” as information that has economic value from not being generally known to or readily ascertainable by others and that is subject to reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy (I.C. 24-2-3-2). Such information includes formulas, patterns, compilations, programs, devices or processes. Anything from a data processing algorithm to the “secret ingredient” in the local restaurant’s chili can qualify as a trade secret, so long as it has value from its secrecy and its owner takes steps to keep it secret.

To read the full article, visit The Indiana Lawyer

A lot has happened since we shared Rick Goren’s story in 2019. Rick and his product were recently featured on WTHR Channel 13. ROTOSHOVEL^TM is now available on Amazon  and may soon be on the shelves at Costco stores nationwide. Congratulations, Rick and team.

Inventor and entrepreneur, Rick Goren, went outside to install a subwoofer in the ground and looked in his garage for the perfect tool. He found all types of shovels and posthole diggers, but nothing that would save him time and make the work less strenuous. Hanging on his garage wall was a drill with a mortal bit which inspired his idea for the ROTOSHOVEL^TM brand automatic handheld shovel blade which uses a rotating auger bit that makes digging easier and faster saving time, energy, and costs on gardening and landscape projects.

Rick worked with Woodard attorney, Chuck Schmal to obtain U.S. Patent No. 10,309,160 for his unique shovel design as well as to obtain allowance of a trademark application for the ROTOSHOVEL^TM brand. The firm congratulates Rick on his patent and, on behalf of all gardeners, thanks Rick for reinventing the shovel.

ROTOSHOVEL^TM brand automatic handheld shovel TV ads will begin September 23, 2019 on AMC networks and NewsWatch. ROTOSHOVEL^TM brand automatic handheld shovels will also be available at the Green Industry & Equipment Expo in Louisville, KY October 16-18, 2019.

For more information on the ROTOSHOVEL^TM brand automatic handheld shovels please visit: ROTOSHOVEL^TM and view the ROTOSHOVEL^TMVideo.

Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP attorney Timothy N. Thomas celebrates his 30th anniversary with the firm. Over the years, Mr. Thomas has helped numerous individual entrepreneurs and businesses protect their innovations.

Please join us in wishing Mr. Thomas a happy anniversary and congratulating him on 30 years of service to clients and the Firm.